Sunset on the race: 2012 Iditarod is over

Iditarod 2012 is finally over. After more than 16 days on the trail, Jan Steves was the last musher to get her dog-sledding team across the finish line in Nome, Alaska.

DeeDee Jonrowe heads down the Yukon River after leaving the Ruby checkpoint of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday, March 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News)

She was beaten by 52 other teams in the race, and only just a few minutes behind Bob Chlupach.
In all 66 teams started the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race. Thirteen teams scratched.
Steves, 55, of Edmonds, Wash., crossed the finish line at 2:57 a.m. to take the Red Lantern award.
Other honors were announced at the finishers’ banquet in Nome:

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